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Thursday · 78 answers · 2 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

  1. 1
    AXE

    35D Emergency tool for breaking down doors

    34
    269
  2. 2
    IDO

    19A Response that has a nice ring to it?

    33
    336
  3. 3
    ANTS

    29A Stinging insects

    33
    247
  4. 4
    NTH

    51D Kind of power

    30
    251
  5. 5
    APE

    40A Great ___

    28
    415
  6. 6
    EARS

    27A Things with rings ... that may be ringing

    27
    163
  7. 7
    OPEN

    47A Start shooting

    26
    217
  8. 8
    RAN

    44D Hotfooted it

    25
    291
  9. 9
    ORS

    11A Medical theaters, for short

    25
    161
  10. 10
    ODD

    61A Ripley-esque

    24
    209
  11. 11
    ETTA

    70A Grammy-winning James

    23
    254
  12. 12
    ANEW

    43D With a clean slate

    23
    237
  13. 13
    ESS

    65D Slaloming shape

    22
    413
  14. 14
    IOS

    37A Island in the Aegean

    19
    94
  15. 15
    NED

    69A Ludd from whom Luddites got their name

    18
    233
  16. 16
    RUE

    66A Paris's ___ de Rome

    18
    207
  17. 17
    MAN

    50A Many a calendar beefcake

    16
    118
  18. 18
    LANE

    26A Illegal place to park

    14
    142
  19. 19
    SURE

    53A Impossible to fail

    14
    84
  20. 20
    LIT

    34D Like a hearth

    13
    166
  21. 21
    EXIT

    59D Building safety feature

    12
    151
  22. 22
    LAV

    1D Head

    12
    63
  23. 23
    BOT

    16A Certain sci-fi fighter

    12
    53
  24. 24
    SALE

    58D Chapter 11 event, maybe

    10
    163
  25. 25
    NEA

    63D Org. supporting Common Core

    9
    217
  26. 26
    PEEP

    24D Tiniest complaint

    9
    59
  27. 27
    EMOTE

    56D Act like an amateur?

    8
    152
  28. 28
    AXON

    62A Impulse transmitter

    8
    53
  29. 29
    SPIT

    10D British W.W. II plane

    7
    82
  30. 30
    MGM

    7D Big inits. in Las Vegas

    7
    69
  31. 31
    DIG

    21D Jab or jibe

    7
    58
  32. 32
    LIFE

    67A Excitement

    6
    54
  33. 33
    BON

    32D Feature of a big outdoor party

    6
    50
  34. 34
    ASNER

    43A Actor Ed

    5
    103
  35. 35
    PTS

    36A Things you don't want on your license: Abbr.

    5
    89
  36. 36
    GRIP

    15A Traction control

    5
    50
  37. 37
    ENTOMB

    30A Inter

    5
    24
  38. 38
    MALI

    18A Big African exporter of gold

    3
    91
  39. 39
    EBON

    52A "Heaven's ___ vault, / Studded with stars unutterably bright": Shelley

    3
    81
  40. 40
    TEARS

    5D Races

    3
    38
  41. 41
    ERODED

    49D Lost some ground

    3
    35
  42. 42
    WILD

    9D Metaphor for quick-spreading success

    3
    28
  43. 43
    MILAN

    33A Inter ___ (European soccer powerhouse)

    2
    42
  44. 44
    MIS

    31D Failure

    2
    37
  45. 45
    LOLITA

    1A 1962 Kubrick film

    2
    30
  46. 46
    ANODES

    14A What juice may come out of?

    2
    29
  47. 47
    YESYES

    71A "Most definitely!"

    2
    28
  48. 48
    VASSAL

    17A Lowly worker

    2
    6
  49. 49
    ROADIE

    64A One working for Kansas or Alabama

    1
    31
  50. 50
    MAWS

    7A Gullets

    1
    22
  51. 51
    STORES

    13D Caches

    1
    21
  52. 52
    TUM

    25D Belly

    1
    13
  53. 53
    STRADS

    68A Valuable violins, for short

    1
    9
  54. 54
    POOLSIDE

    41D Relaxing in a cabana chair, maybe

    1
    8
  55. 55
    LOSTARTS

    3D Letter writing and sentence diagramming, it's said

    1
    5
  56. 56
    ERNE

    42D Seashore flier

    0
    111
  57. 57
    OLAN

    23D Pearl S. Buck heroine

    0
    47
  58. 58
    GUN

    28A Rat-a-tat-tat

    0
    41
  59. 59
    TERROR

    45A Real imp

    0
    38
  60. 60
    HORSY

    55D Tot's rocker

    0
    19
  61. 61
    RODENT

    12D Woodchuck or chinchilla

    0
    17
  62. 62
    STARED

    20A Couldn't turn away, say

    0
    17
  63. 63
    DIX

    39A New Jersey's Fort ___

    0
    15
  64. 64
    OBIWAN

    11D "Star Wars" name

    0
    14
  65. 65
    HOMERS

    60A Double doubles?

    0
    8
  66. 66
    IDSAYSO

    4D "Yep, sounds about right!"

    0
    8
  67. 67
    INTHEHOLE

    54A Warning before a detonation ... and a hint to 16 of this puzzle's answers

    0
    7
  68. 68
    OSBORN

    47D Marvel supervillain Norman ___ a.k.a. the Green Goblin

    0
    7
  69. 69
    ASLEW

    6D Loads

    0
    6
  70. 70
    ARACHNID

    8D Scorpion or tick

    0
    5
  71. 71
    ONASLANT

    2D Diagonally

    0
    4
  72. 72
    SEMISOFT

    38D Like Havarti cheese

    0
    4
  73. 73
    ARBORDAY

    40D Annual April celebration

    0
    3
  74. 74
    REHEARS

    46D Considers further, in a way

    0
    3
  75. 75
    BROWSES

    57A Goes on Safari, say

    0
    2
  76. 76
    CDTOWER debut

    22A Jewel case display unit

    0
    2
  77. 77
    PURDUE

    48D Indiana rival

    0
    2
  78. 78
    PLAYSWITH debut

    24A Risks disaster

    0
    1